Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 Review

Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11
Practicing Yoga


The introduction of Ultrabooks was one of the game changing milestones for portable computing and soon after, the mainstream adoption of tablets also played a vital role in changing this landscape. With the launch of the Windows 8 operating system
and its touch compatible interface, notebook manufacturers have
started to offer devices that are part notebook and tablet.
The most unique thing about the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 is
its patented hinge which lets you hyper-extend the screen to flip all the way round to the back; letting you use the unit like a tablet. Aesthetically speaking, the Yoga 11 looks pretty much like Lenovo’s previous U300s IdeaPad, offering a
slim and compact form factor. We really like the fact that when closed  With the TEGRAZONE app, you’ll be able to quickly find all the apps optimized for the TEGRA 3 processor the unit resembles a hardcover book and the edges hang out slightly, making the unit easy to open as well. Being an 11-inch form factor device, the QWERTY keyboard is slightly cramped but props to Lenovo for maintaining the full sized alphabet keys and only compacting buttons like Enter, Backspace and the like. That being said, it just takes a bit of getting used to and soon we were getting a pretty enjoyable experience from the keyboard. Do take note however that when you flip the screen over to use the Yoga 11 like a tablet, this keyboard becomes the base which might cause additional  The multiple USB ports are a welcomed sight
for any tablet or even notebook user sPeCifiCaTions os Windows RT // DisPlay 11.6” high-definition(1366x768) display with 16:9
widescreen // aUDio TBC // neTwoRkinG Integrated Bluetooth and 802.11b/g/n WiFi and connectivity // i/os 2 x USB2.0, 2-in-1 card reader, HDMI Output // BaTTeRy 4-cell Li-ion Battery // weiGhT 1.27 kg // waRRanTy 2-years Limited International // ConTaCT Lenovo Technology Sdn Bhd // TelePhone
(03) 7681 8000 // URl www.lenovo.com/my/en/ wear and tear to your unit. Like a slew of notebooks launched in tandem with
Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS, the Yoga 11 does come with a 5-point
touch screen display which offers a 1366x768 resolution. However, instead of offering the Windows 8 suite, the Yoga 11 is powered by Windows RT which is pretty much like Windows 8 with the exception that it can only run programs which are developed using Windows Runtime; meaning mostly those
apps you find on the Windows Store. Since the unit is running on
Windows RT, we couldn’t run our usual slew of benchmarks for
performance testing but we are happy to report that during the
entire duration of using the Yoga 11 there was very little lag loading applications and overall, everything was pretty snappy. We even downloaded some games from NVIDIA’s TEGRAZONE which are designed to push the performance of the TEGRA 3 chip and everything ran smoothly. Battery life for this
unit is pretty amazing, running a full HD video on loop we managed to get 10 hours of playback and still had about 10 percent left on the 4-cell battery. For the most part, thanks to its
Windows RT OS and touch screen display, the Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 11 leans more towards a tablet than a notebook but for those who would rather have the convenience of a keyboard, for minor stuff like word processing and surfing the web, the unit does its job well. However, for those looking for more functionality
than the confines of apps found in the Windows Store, we suggest the Yoga 13 which runs on Windows 8.

At a glance : CPU   NVIDIA TEGRA 3 Quad Core @  1.30 GHz
RaM 2GB
GRaPhiCs
N/A
A perfect combination ofnotebook and tablet in an
incredibly sexy form factor ssD
Up to 64GB
PRiCe
RM2599